And its up and then back down again.....

Well...for those that know me, know that I have had issues with my foot for about 7 years now. I have chronic nerve damage in my foot from the 5 surgeries that I've had on my foot. I fractured my foot twice while in the army. Once in the operating room when a 3000cc saline bottle fell on it just the right way and the second time was when I was deployed and I rolled it (and fractured it) running to a bunker. But I didn't know I fractured it until I came back into country 2 months later. blah
Well I have been seeing a pain management doctor for about 3 years now because the pain in my foot has gotten worse. It feels like electricity that runs from the side of my foot up to the back of my knee every time I take a step or when I stand a certain way or even socks or if the blankets hit my foot the right (wrong) way.
Well I have been pending a Spinal Cord Stimulator for a while now. Its where they place these special leads along the side of your spine where the nerve damage is and a rechargeable battery pack is implanted in either your butt cheek or your tummy fat and instead of feeling pain, you feel a slight tingling sensation. Its a two part surgery...temporary and then permanent.
Well FINALLY my insurance approved the temporary procedure...so I was so excited to finally have this procedure done and be somewhat pain free and be able to cut back on all the pain meds that I take daily. So I let my work know that I was approved for the surgery and did everything I needed to to make sure that I had the needed days off, etc.
SOOOOOOO....I was interested in my fees for these lovely procedures and well, needless to say...my dream of being pain free has been shot down. I would have to pay a $500 deductible on the day of my surgery...no problem. Then they tell me that they would only cover 80% of the procedure and I would have to cover the rest of the 20%. So there's 2 surgeries for this procedure....lets see 20% of $20,000 (yes thats how much each procedure costs) is $4000.00 and if the temporary procedure works great, it'll be another $4000.00 for the permanent procedure. WOW, being pain free costs a shit load of money! It sucks ass!!
So I had to call back my pain management office and cancel the much needed surgery. And the scheduler says "can't you do payments?" I'm thinking um, do you know how much I'm trying to save right now trying to purchase a house and pay for a wedding...but I nicely replied..."I just can't afford that" So sadly...I may have to go to the VA and let them do it for me....maybe I can convince the VA to cover the spinal cord stimulator with my civilian doctor??? I dunno?
Well, that was my day today. Just thought I'd share. So now off to study for my huge exam on Monday and then FINALS on Thursday! AHHH!!!! The insanity!
MUAH!